Captain Caution: A Chronicle of Arundel

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9 페이지Heat waves ahimmered upward from each of the five larboard carronades, and,
more faintly, from the deck itself. Between the starboard carronades, the crew,
barefooted and stripped to the waist, languidly worked at making spun yarn.

41 페이지She had, Marvin knew, let off her broadside, which must mean that the Beetle
had come to close quarters with her adversary; for he had seen that the bulk of
her guns were carronades, useful only at short range. His muscles ached from
the ...

213 페이지Three more carronades flung jets of smoke toward the damaged brig. The Blue
Swan's bulwarks, near her foremast, crumpled into splinters. Her shrouds and
backstays parted and curled upward like scorched string. The foremast itself
swayed ...